scholarly journals Vegetation and Soil Responses to Cattle Grazing Systems in the Texas Rolling Plains

1984 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 303 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Karl Wood ◽  
Wilbert H. Blackburn
Keyword(s):  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Rolling Plains ◽  
Soil Responses

scholarly journals A Physiological-Monitoring Electronic Platform for Cattle Grazing Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Ricardo R. Santos ◽  
Fabiana V. Alves ◽  
Patrik O. Bressan ◽  
Ricardo E. Aguiar ◽  
Wellington O. Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Skin Temperature ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Electronic Device ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Physiological Data ◽  
Physiological Monitoring ◽  
Physiological Variables ◽  
Non Invasive ◽  
Grazing Systems

In this work, we present a non-invasive electronic platform for physiological data acquisition on cattle grazing systems. The platform can be used for dairy and beef cattle to continuously monitor physiological variables such as skin temperature, heartbeats, and respiratory frequency. The set of sensors are coupled into a halter so that they are in touch with the animal's forehead. Users can monitor the data acquired by the electronic device using a mobile device (smartphone or tablet) and it visualizes important physiological parameters in the platform cloud system.

scholarly journals The Impact of Grazing Systems on the Magnitude and Stability of Ranch Income in the Rolling Plains of Texas

1982 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 526 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. E. Whitson ◽  
R. K. Heitschmidt ◽  
M. M. Kothmann ◽  
G. K. Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Rolling Plains ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Selecting white clover (Trifolium repens L.) for sheep and cattle grazing environments

2006 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 123-126
Author(s):  
Zulfi Jahufer ◽  
John Ford ◽  
John Caradus ◽  
Derek Woodfield
Keyword(s):  
White Clover ◽  
Trifolium Repens ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Breeding Lines ◽  
Late Autumn ◽  
Commercial Cultivars ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Trifolium Repens L ◽  
Autumn And Winter

Adaptation to different grazing systems is an important attribute in white clover breeding. A set of 41 white clover breeding lines and nine commercial cultivars were evaluated under two grazing systems, sheep and cattle, in Manawatu. The objective was to identify lines with either specific or broad adaptation to these two different grazing systems. The trials were established in late autumn 1997 and completed in autumn 2000. Visual scores of clover yield for spring, summer, autumn and winter of year 2 and spring, summer and autumn of year 3 were analysed. There was significant (P

scholarly journals Impacts of Beef Cattle–Grazing Systems on Cattle Distribution and Streambank Erosion

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mathew M. Haan ◽  
James R. Russell ◽  
Daniel G. Morrical ◽  
Daryl R. Strohbehn ◽  
Wendy J. Powers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Streambank Erosion ◽  
Grazing Systems ◽  
Cattle Distribution

Cattle Grazing on the Shortgrass Steppe

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard H. Hart ◽  
Justin D. Derner
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Pressure ◽  
Shortgrass Steppe ◽  
Stocking Rate ◽  
Forage Production ◽  
Large Herbivore ◽  
Time Period ◽  
History Of ◽  
Grazing Systems

Cattle are the primary grazers on the shortgrass steppe. For example, during the late 1990s, 21 shortgrass counties in Colorado reported about 2.36 million cattle compared with 283,000 sheep (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, 1997a), 60,000 pronghorn antelope, and a few thousand bison (Hart, 1994). Assuming one bison or five to six sheep or pronghorn consume as much forage as one bovine (Heady and Child, 1994), cattle provide about 97% of the large-herbivore grazing pressure in this region. The ratio of cattle to other grazers is even greater in the remainder of the shortgrass steppe. In 1997, the three panhandle counties of Oklahoma reported 387,000 cattle and only 1300 sheep, whereas the 38 panhandle counties of Texas reported 4.24 million cattle and 14,000 sheep (National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA, 1997b,c). How ever, only a bout half the cattle in the panhandle counties of Texas and Oklahoma graze on rangeland the remainer are in feedlots. Rangeland research on the shortgrass steppe (Table 17.1 describes the parameters of the major research stations in the shortgrass steppe) has included a long history of both basic ecology and grazing management. The responses of rangeland plant communities to herbivory are addressed by Milchunas et al. (chapter 16, this volume) and to disturbance are discussed by Peters et al. (chapter 6, this volume). Here we focus on research pertaining to three management practices important to cattle ranching on shortgrass steppe: stocking rates, grazing systems, and extending the grazing season via complementary pastures and use of pastures dominated by Atriplex canescens [Pursh] Nutt (fourwing saltbush). Stocking rate, de. ned as the number of animals per unit area for a speci. ed time period, is the primary and most easily controlled variable in the management of cattle grazing. Cattle weight gain responses to stocking rate or grazing pressure (animal days per unit of forage produced) have been quanti. ed in several grazing studies on the shortgrass steppe (Bement, 1969, 1974; Hart and Ashby, 1998; Klipple and Costello, 1960). Average daily gains per animal are better estimated as a function of grazing pressure, rather than stocking rate, as forage production is highly variable in this semiarid environment (Lauenroth and Sala, 1992; Milchunas et al., 1994).

scholarly journals Grazing Systems, Pasture Size, and Cattle Grazing Behavior, Distribution and Gains

1993 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 81 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. H. Hart ◽  
J. Bissio ◽  
M. J. Samuel ◽  
J. W. Waggoner
Keyword(s):  
Cattle Grazing ◽  
Grazing Behavior ◽  
Grazing Systems
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